Addressing and wrapping machine



Feb. 5, 1929.

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1,700,804 T. MENZIES ADDRESSING AND WRAPPING MACHINE Filed Dec. 20, 1924 I 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 lyv'emytor T. Me n z ies Patented Feb. 5, 1929.

A s a s THOMAS MENZIES, F YBATT, MANITOBA,

CANADA;

ADDRESSING AND "WRAPPING MACHINE.

Application filed December 20, 1924. Serial No. 757,206.

The invention relates to improvements in addressing and wrapping machines and an object of the invention is to provide a machine which will wrap and address periodicals such as magazines and newspapers, the periodicals being fed into the machine and ejected therefrom with an addressed wrapper therearound.

A further object is to construct the machine so that a roll of wrapping paper can be used, the paper being fed into the machine from the roll, cut into the wrappers by the machine, the individual wrappers being addressed and gumn'ied and subsequently wrapped around and stuck on the periodicals fed into the machine.

A further object is to provide convenient means for supporting a stack of addressing slugs and for separately inking the slugs and bringing them to a position such that they will print addresses on the wrapping paper as it is passed through the machine, the slugs being fed so that they successively address the wrapping paper at spaced intervals whereby each wrapper bears a distinct and desired address.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for collecting the slugs in the stack after the same have made the addressing impression.

A further object of the invention is to provide as part of the machine, a device into which the periodicals are successively fed and which rolls the periodicals and also applies the gummed and printed wrapper around the rolled periodical and further to provide means for successively gripping and withdrawing the wrapped and addressed periodicals.

A further object is to construct the machine so that it is entirely automatic in operation with the exception that the periodicals to be wrapped and addressed are successively fed into the same. I I

With the above and other minor objects in view which will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and con struction of parts hereinafter more particularly described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a front view of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the machine.

Fig.4: is' an end view. 7

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view longicarried by the base 1. rollers 6 and 7, the paper passes between a tudinally and centrally through the machine.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view at 66( Figure 2 and looking in the direction of the applied arrow. f F I Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view at 7 7 Figure 2 and looking in the directionv of the applied arrow.

Fig. 8 is'a horizontal sectional view at 8&8 Figure 3 and looking in the direction. of the applied arrow. H

Fig. 9 is an enlarged detailed sectional view at 99 Figure 5.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the slug feeding roller. p i

Fig. 11' is a perspective view of the guide rods for the slugs and other parts associated therewith. r

Fig. 12 is a perspective View of one of the slugs and showing the addressing plate ass0- ciated therewith.

Fig. 13 is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view showing the position of the periodical when it is finally wrapped.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures. j

The machine hereinafter described, is designed to provide a wrapper for periodicals such as magazines and newspapers, address the wrapper, apply and seal the addressed wrapper around the periodical and then eject the wrapped and addressed periodical from the machine, and'the arrangement is such that the machine will work continuously to addre s and wrap any desired quantity of periodicals that are fed into the machine.

The base 1 of the machine is substantially rectangular and it is provided at the sides with upstanding side brackets 2 and 3 which are. provided with suitably disposed bearings for cross shafts later described.

At the front end of the machine, the brackets carry an elevated cross shaft 4 which is mounted so that it can be withdrawn, and centrally on the shaft a roll of wrapping ill) paper 5 is mounted, this being utilized to provide wrappers for the periodicals;

The end of the wrap 'iing paper is passed downwardly between a pair of rollers 6 and 7, the roller 6 being carried by a cross shaft 8 mountedin suitable bearings 9 carried by the brackets, and the roller 7 being carried by a shaft 10 mounted in suitable bearings 11 After leaving the further pair of rollers 12 and 13 mounted on plate being frictionally held in tile dove tailed slot and having the letters or cross sha-fts'll; and 15 suitably carried in bearings 16 and 17 provided and base 1.

The forward ends of the shafts 8 and 10 are fitted with intern'ieshing, similar gear wheels 18 and 18 and the forward ends of the shafts 1d and 15 are provided also with intermeshing gear wheels 19 and 19, and a driving pinion 20 meshes with thegear wheels 18 and 19, this pinion being suitably carried by the base 1. o

At the front end of the machine I locate a pairof opposing standards 21 and 22 which support rotatably a cross shaft 23 on which I mount a slug feeding roller 23, the roller be ing provided with a peripheral groove or channel 2% enclosed between side flanges 24: formed on the roller. This roller is positioned centrally in advance of the roller 6 and is rotated at the same speed as the roller 6 by.a gear wheel 23* secured to the shaft 23 and meshing with tile gear 18. The standards carry a vertically disposed guide plate 25 and the upper end of the guide plate is fitted with an opposing pair of arms 26 and 27 which terminate in inturned wings 26 and 27, the wings supporting the upper ends of a pair of suitably spaced guide rods 28-and 29. The lower ends of these guide rods terminate above a' horizontally disposed foot piece 30 formediat the lower end of the plate 25 and the rods are held in place by side win 3ljand 82 extending inwardly from a bracket 33 secured pe manently to the plate 25. The foot piece 30 enters the channel 24; and just clears the face of the roller 28. The foot piece, however, is slightly narrower than the width of the channel (see Figure 4). p

The guide rods are adapted to slidably support a stack of similar slugs 3d, the slugs being provided with verticallydisposed spaced openings 35 and 35 slidably receiving the rods. The endsofthe slugs are also, vertically slottedas indicated at 36 and 36, these on the brackets slots communicating withthe openings 35 or i '1 and o.) and being adapted to ieceive me wings 2G and 27, and-.31 and 32.

Theupper and lower faces of the sli are curved concentric to the roller 23. The slugs are provided on their under. faces with end legs 37 and (W/which. ride the face of .the roller 2321s each slugfslides down into place against the face of the roller, and here it will .be noted that the foot piece 30 supports the lowermost slug, suclrfoot piece entering betweenthe legsand holding up the stack of slugs, whilst permittingof the lowermost slug -to be removed and placed in the channel of the roller 23. The slugs are of such a size that they fit within the channel of the roller between theflanges 24 and the face of each slug is provided with a dove tailed slot 88 which receives an addressing plate. 39, this place within other addressing characters thereon protrudmg and adapted 1n the rotation of the roller '23 to contact with the exposed face of the oaoer feedin in front of the Coiled springs 42 are interposed between the fingers and theflanges and normally hold the fingers in, with the. result that asi'the said roller is rotating, the fingers willabo swept against the ends of the lmverinost slug and will be pressed by the springsli-rmly into contact therewith.

Adjoining the fingers, the slug feeding roller is provided with opposing catchesAfi's and n which pass 'slidably through the flanges of the roller in location adjoining the hooked ends of the fingers. The catches are carried by bell cranks l3 and {let pivotally mounted on the sides of the roller. iThe bell cranks are connected by coiled springs 45 to spools 46 secured to the shaft 23, and the springs are of such a nature that they normally hold the catches in. Accordingly-as the roller 23 rotates, theslugs will be .lirst caught between the fingers and then subsequently engaged by the catches, the catches operating to withdraw the lowermost slug from its position on the foot piece and the fingers acting thereafter to hold the slug in place in the channel of the roller.

After the lowermost slug has been rotated to cause the addressing plate to make contact with the face of the roller 6, it is necessary to remove the slug and this is done by providing the trip bars 47 and 47 underlying the spools 46, and adapted in the rotation of the bell cranks with the roller 28, to actuate the bell cranks in a manner such that the catches thereof will be withdrawn. The withdrawal of the catches takes place before the advancing side of the moving slug is brought into. contact with a verticallydisposed stop. plate 48, the upper end of which is entered between the channels. Obviously the stop plate in engaging with the slug, will hold the slug and the fingers will then slide past the ends of the slugs after which time the slug is freeto drop.

Opposing, spaced guide rods 49, suspended in a similar manner to those 28 and 29, are provided underneath the roller 23 to catch each slugias it is released from the roller. The released slugs will accordingly slide down the rods 49.

In the present instance I show these slugs escaping from the lower ends of the rods, but they could be readily retained instack form so that when the run has to be repeated, they would be all lined up for replacement on the upper rods 28 and 29. I have shown a limited number of slugs in the stack, but it will be understood where a lot of periodicals areto be addressed, new stacks of slugs would be required to be fed to the rods.

Adjoining the roller 23 and driven thereby,

I locate an inking roller which rides the in the rotation'of the rollers 12 and 13, is

adapted to receive the edge of the knife. 7

Immediately adjoining the slot 54 I locate a gumming pac 55 which is gummed once every revolution of the roller 12 by a gumming roller 56 which is in rolling contact with a feed roller 57 operating in a well 57 for mucilage or such like liquid sticking material.

According to the above arrangement, it will be obvious that each time the rollers 12 and 13 rotate a complete revolution, they will cut the paper and apply the mucilage or such like sticking material to the paper, the applying of the mucilage occurring before the paper is cut, with the result that a gummed strip of paper, which I call a wrapper, is eX- pelled from the rollers 12 and 13, the gum being applied at the rear edge of the wrappen The circumference of the rollers is gauged so that the length of paper out ofi each revolu-- tion by the knife will be of a pre-determined proper length to subsequently wrap the periodical introduced into the machine. The wrappers gummed and cut to the proper length and also addressed, are delivered by the rollers 12 and 13 on to horizontally disposed receiving fingers 58 and 58 carried by the rear end of the machine and these receiving lingers direct the wrapper to the periodical wrapping apparatus, now described 1n detail.

Rearwardly of the machine I locate a pair of vertically positioned, spaced, opposing, substantially U-shaped, end brackets 59 and 60 which are suitably supported from the base of the machine, each bracket being formed with a forwardly positioned, horizontally disposed entry pocket 61 which is adapted to receive the forward edge of the periodical entered in a horizontal lying position within the brackets, the periodical being passed into place from the rear and end of the machine between the open ends of the brackets. The fingers 58 and 58 are supported by braces 62secured to a cross bar 63 carried by the brackets 59 and 60, and

here it will be observed that the rear ends of thefingers are disposed approximately mid-way of the height of the pocket 61 so that the advancing edge of the periodical can pass into the pockets immediately under the rear ends of the fingers and be stopped by the braces 62, whilst the wrapper previously gummed and addressed has the rear edge thereof resting on the rear ends of the fingers and overlying the advanced ed e of the inserted periodical.

The rear end of the'inachine carries at the front side, a pair of elevated bearings 64: and 64 and these receive rotatably, a comparatively short shaft 65, the forward end of which is fitted with a pinion 66 and the inner end of which carries a T-head 67. The head supports two parallel, suitably spaced, folding rods 68 and 6'9,'which when the periodical is'entered, are located one above and one below the same. ed to rotate with the head-within the open centres of the brackets 59 and 60, and the said brackets are more or less concentric to the shaft 65. v

The brackets 59 and 60 carry a plurality of equi-spaced cross rods v70 grouped concentricto the shaft 65. The cross rods carry similar U-shaped pressure plates? 1 and are also provided with short outstandin posts 72 connected by coiled springs 7 3 to thelJ-shaped brackets 59 and 60. Stop pins 7 l'are carried by the brackets and engage the posts, these pins limiting the swinging in one direction of the pressure plates under the influence of the springs 7 3.

When the-periodical is entered in the machine as' previously described, it passes also between the rods 68 and 69 and between the lower pairs of pressureplates, and when the shaft 65 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction, the upper wrapping rod strikes the periodical and the overlying edge of the wrapper and carries them down, and inthe continued rotation of the shaft 65, the paper is rolled around the rods and is held in by the pressure plates which in the initial rolling of the periodical, swing out to accommodate the periodical, but are restrained by the springs The shaft 65 is rotated several times by the pinion 66 which meshes with a fixed. number of teeth 7 5 carried by a gear wheel 76, this gear wheel being mounted and driven by a power shaft 77. The teeth 7 5 are designed to rotate the shaft 65 a fixed number of revolutions so that it starts and stops with the folding fingers in the vertical position as shown best in Figure 5. Suitable means is provided to lock the pinion 66 so that it will always mesh in with the teeth 7 5. Such means, in the present instance, is in .the form of a shoe 7 9 attached to the shaft 65, the shoe being adapted to pass onto and ride a flange 79' carried by the gear wheel 76 just as the These rods are adaptteeth of- 'the.;pinion;--,and-' those of the gear wheel. 761are goingrout of mesh. The flange continuestohold the shoe in a fixed position until the pinion is; again brought into mesh with the teeth 54' 5 at which time the shoe rolls off theendot thefiange and rotates with the pinion.

, having grabbed the periodical is moved out to awithdrawi the-sameeendwise from lithe V wrapping; rods and then after having released the wrapped, periodical, remains out until i the following periodical 5 has been wrapped when it agaimmoves inandaduplicates its action.

lit Etherear-side i of the, machine I locate a vertically disposed, rotatably'mounted shaft 82-which has the upper and lower ends thereof provided with bevel .pinionsw83aand 83 thGpPlHlODQSS imeshingtwith; a pinion- 8. locatedion the-azear end of thesha-ft 8. An arm 84: is pivotally swung from ,the shaft 82 and carrieson the under side a, painofiibearings 8 lfiandz8t which support .rotatably; a counter shaft 85-fitted with pinions 85 and 85}, the pinion 85 meshing with that 83'. 7

According: to: the varrangement shown, it will be apparent" that .1116 I sha-ft- 85- will be driven; at; all times ,the, shaft 82 irrespective to ithe PDSltlQHJOZE=lLl1QRl'l11 84.

:The bevel pinion" 85 meshes with the bevel pinion86' located at thellower endiof a vertically disposed. shaft 86 carried by the arm8 l andito theethereud ofthe shaft 86' Isecure a gear- 'wheel 86*. "The-arm Stalso carries a second short-shaft 87ion which agearwheel 87" rotates, thisgear wheel being; in continuousme'sh. with the 'gcarwheel 86 :Apairof L-lshaped cranks 88v and 89' are .rotatably mounted on the shafts 86 and 87 beneath the gear wheels'ithereomand the cranks are provided with intermeslid teeth 88C and i 89" and also with. a pairofupstanding shafts 88 and89". Acoiled-spring 90 connects the cranks and normally draws the shai ts'together. I

"On -theshafts I: mounta pair of similar rollers tlland 91- andto thelower ends of the rollers I secure pinions9l which mesh with the gearwheels-86 and 87. =An upper coiled spring'90 connects the upperends of the shafts 88% and 89*, this spring co-operating with the spring- 90- to draw the rollers together.

F-rom the above arrangement it-Wi'll be apvided for in the cranks:88 and 89,.an dtthe rollers willswing equally-on account of the lntermeshed teeth 88 and 89.

A. coiled spring92'connec s the 3111128 1 with thebase 10f thezmachine and normally holds the arm in. lsreans isprovidedforamoving thearnroutwardly at the proper time, such embodyinga cam 9giformedon oneuend of the roller 13and a push rod 94 is'slidably carriedby thebase l and having the inner-end thereof riding the cam and the .end of. the roller, and the-outer end thereof connected pivotal-lyrby a link'95nto \the-armv84l. The arrangement of the cam isisuchi ithatimmediately following thewinding and wrapping of the periodical, the rollers'9l and 91-wlill movein; and; grab the exposed end. -of. the wrapped periodical, ,it-being-noticed that the direction and rotationof the .rollerszis such that they will draw the end of the periodical between them and also that the mounting of the rollers is such ithatithey can spread apart whilstbeing driven to accommodate ,the varying'; thicknesses of zthe periodicals;grabbed. The cam control is also designed so that the rollers,; after gripping the; periodical, will moveioutiso that the Wrappedperiodical \wlill be'entirely clear of thednachineso-as not to interfere with the placing in the .machine of anotheri periodical towbe .wrapped. After having-moved out,- the rollersstayiout until the nextperiedical iswrapped. I

' F rom the above .itwilLbe obvious that this machine is entirely automatic in thework of addressing wrapping and expelling the periodicals fed into :the same.

,Wh at I clai m= as my invention; is

1. In combination, a driven roller-havinga peripheral 'cl'iannel therearound, a stack or addressbearingslu h avingithe lowermost slug ofxthe stack entered within the channeha foot piece: supportingthe lowermost slug,

catches carried by the roller and operating through the: sides: of the channel1 and.- adapted .tocause thelowermost slug to turn with the roller-when the catches engagethe slug, means for frictionally holding the caught slug-within the channel fora portion ofzarevolution ofthe roller, and means for. subsequently withdrawing the slug from the channel.

In combination, a rotatably mounted and driven-roller provided with a continuous peripheral channel, a plurality of. address bearingslugs arranged in the formofa stack above the roller, and with ,ithewlowermost of the stack in the channel, a foot piece. supporting the lowermost slug in the latter position, apair of spring :pressedfi fingers-carried: by

the roller and adapted to catch the ends of the lowermost slug of the stack once each revolution of the roller, 21 pair of opposing catches carried by the roller and operating through the sides of the channel and adapted to engage the lowermost slug oI" the stack subsequent to the same being caught by the catches and to Withdraw said slug from t foot piece, means for subsequently releasing the catches, and a stop plate engageable With the slug subsequent to the release of the catches. I

, Signed at Winnipeg this 26th day of N0 vemher, 1924c.

THOMAS MENZIES. 

